Yes, that! Works. You also can put some things, like flour or cornmeal in the freezer as soon as you bring it home from the grocery store. When I had birds and guinea pigs and a rabbit for my sons, I had to keep their feed in the freezer, too! Learned the hard way, because all the grain had weevils; one way to tell is that whatever it is, including instant oatmeal will sort of like clump together, and feel moist, like a mud ball! That's the weevil larvae!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kerry Friddell Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 4:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bulk] Re: [CnD] bugs in the grain Some of you may not believe this, but if you put 3 or 4 "bay leaves" in each of the containers you have your various stuff in it will keep the bugs from ever getting in them. Try it and you will see this is true. Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abby Vincent" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] bugs in the grain > At the moth phase, they fly into your face. During the crawling > phase, > they > may crawl over your hands. If you have some sight, you can see them > moving > over a white background. As far as I know, there is no foolproof way for > a > blind person to know. Usually, you bring them home with you from the > store. > The eggs seem to like the glue on the packaging of grains and flour. Then > they multiply like crazy. The professional bug patrol is expensive, but > it > works. They look at all my food, tell me which things to throw away, then > set off a bug bomb. Then you have to go away for two or three hours. > When > you come back, you open all the doors and windows. This gets rid of them > until the next time you bring them home from the store. Tupperware > suggests > you put the contents of the bag or box in one of their products, then get > rid of the packaging. You can also freeze the flour, etc. This kills any > bugs that are there, but kills some of the flavor your food will have as > well. By the way, they can be in tea, spices, fake sugar, cocoa ... > anything that can bbe remotely described as food. > Abby > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jan brown > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CnD] bugs in the grain > > Hi there. Does anyone know how to tell, without sighted assistance > whether you have bugs in the flour, oatmeal, baking mix, or anything > else. I get help periodically because I snag friends and they look, > but is there another better way? > Jan > > -- > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
